Calling all essential employees: these 20 memes are made for you

Essential employees: We see you and we appreciate you. You’re out there on the front lines, and the work you do has been deemed too important to be halted for any reason. You keep us safe and you keep things moving like only you can. 

We’re talking about medical and pharmacy workers. Security guards, mass transit, and airport personnel. Telecommunications and energy workers. Grocery store workers, delivery people everywhere, sanitation workers, bank employees, and many, many more. 

It’s not just us that you’re being honored by — but also meme creators everywhere. Whether you're making them or just enjoying them, the fire essential employee memes just keep coming, and we're here for it.

That's why we’ve rounded up the best essential employee memes out there. Consider it a tribute to your perseverance and badassery. We've included the funny, the heartfelt, and everything in between, just for your enjoyment.

Michael Scott says it best. You really are our heroes for being out there every day, and you deserve to own it. You know that, right?  

It's like you almost want to be stopped and ID yourself as essential, isn't it? Okay. Maybe we shouldn't take it that far. But you've got every right to be on the roads when other people don't, and that's a pretty powerful feeling. 

The germophobia is real (and it's downright warranted). Between leaving your shoes at the door, washing your clothes or uniforms right away, and possibly even distancing yourself from your loved ones, we admire and are in awe of you. 

It's a status thing. Non-essentials just wouldn't understand. *Flips hair* 

This is fine. Everything's fine.  

No traffic? No problem (on the roads anyway). We love the memes that show it's not all bad! 

Hi. Hi. Hello? Hi. Hi. Who can relate to unprecedented amounts of togetherness through all of this? 

Ooh! Say it again. That sounds important! 

The exhaustion is unimaginably, excruciatingly real, day after day and shift after shift. 

Just doin' my job, ma'am — showing up no matter what, like a boss. 

Now that's not a skill that you find on every resume! 

Also, we don't remember volunteering for this... 

Can we turn the volume down on all of this complaining from non-essentials, or...? 

"Don't you, forget about me...don't, don't, don't, don't." Missing the heck out of loved ones is one of the hardest parts. 

It's funny because it's true. Maybe it's not funny... 

Well, that's not gonna happen. 

This is not a drill, people.  

Take a number, son. 

Well, well, well... 

Both can be true, right?